Bug 494008 - mkinitrd silently fails if an image already exists
Summary: mkinitrd silently fails if an image already exists
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Status: CLOSED NOTABUG
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: mkinitrd
Version: 10
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Assignee: Peter Jones
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2009-04-03 17:19 UTC by Nathanael Noblet
Modified: 2009-04-03 17:26 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2009-04-03 17:25:47 UTC
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Description Nathanael Noblet 2009-04-03 17:19:31 UTC 
Description of problem:

When building a new image (for example if the mobo has been replaced and new sata /scsi controller needs to be in the image). You run mkinitrd, however if the file exists, mkinitrd just quits, no error message

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
F10 so far.

How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. mkinitrd /boot/initrd-KERNEL_VERSION.img KERNEL_VERSION
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Actual results:
Prompt is returned

Expected results:
An error message stating that since an image exists already mkinitrd has exited.

Additional info:
Comment 1 Nathanael Noblet 2009-04-03 17:26:03 UTC 
sorry - I had used an f9 version...
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